Wednesday, July 31, 2013
shep
It is found in almost all regions of the world, regardless of climate, yet except Antarctica. Most copies are in Australia. sheep has a chubby body, which is covered with a white curly fur, brown or black, depending on the species to which it belongs. The face is narrow and long, pointed ears having two sides and tail ending body is short. Legs ends with two fingers, which continues with hooves instead of nails. Only the male has horns and long bent. sheep body reaches about 1.5 m in length and the weight is comprised of mostly between 90-115 kg. these animals live in herds only in the domestic environment. I'm vegetarian, feeding on weeds and grass, and winter grain. Their name differs depending on gender and age. The male sheep is called mutton, also called the mioara hen and chicken is called lamb.
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Hedgehog
Hedgehog is an animal with a round body and short legs. Its back is covered with more needles, but the belly is fluffy and soft. Color is white coat covering it. Does the body dark colors (gray, black or brown) and dark brown spines are white. It has roughly the size of a rabbit and weighs between 0.9 to 1.4 kg.
Foraging only at night and because it is highly resistant to toxins, some insects can consume toxic to humans would be harmful (wasps, beetles, bees and poisonous snakes, bird eggs, frogs and worms), thus having an important role in maintaining control of their multiplication. To protect themselves from predators hedgehog uses a muscle positioned over the stomach which gives the appearance of a spiky ball, covered entirely by spikes, which can be done roll, thus discouraging any attempted attack on him. interesting in terms hedgehog is that it has a highly developed auditory sense and is able to recognize colors. Animal they resemble is spiky pig. The difference between them is made by way of eating. The hedgehog feeds on insects and small animals and spiky pig is vegetarian. Hedgehog can be born from 1-7 cubs. Puppies are born with spines just below the skin, since they occur within 24 hours of birth.
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Golden Pheasant
Order : Galliformes
Family : Phasianidae
Gender and species : Chrysolophus pictus
Between collar pheasants in central and east Asia, golden pheasant feathers is undoubtedly the most beautiful.Country of origin is China, today lives, half in freedom and in parts of Central Europe.
Did you know that:
Golden Pheasant was first brought to Europe in the late nineteenth century.
During mating the male emits a hissing sound, like air pressure coming out of a tire.
Golden pheasant pheasant mate with diamond, producing offspring capable of reproduction. The same can be paired with silver pheasant, and although the male will be fertile female can not have offspring.
Characteristics most important
Length: 80-110 cm male, female 60-70 cm.
Wingspan: 65-75 cm.
Body weight: 600-900 g
Reproduction
Sexual maturity: 1 year old female from the male to 2 years
Hatching period: April-May.
The number of eggs laid: 5-12 yellowish eggs.
Hatching duration: 22 days.
Nest leaving age: 12-14 days.
Lifestyle
Behavior: shy and withdrawn, living on land, territorial.
Food: grains, seeds, flowers, spiders and insects.
Life span: 8 years in captivity.
Related Species
Diamond pheasant ( Chrysolophus amheristiae ) is a related species, which occasionally is the cross.
Range
Country of origin is China, north-west of the shelf edge to Hupe in eastern Tibet and on the south by Hunan.Currently nestles in freedom and in some areas of England and Scotland.
Protection of species
China native population seems to perpetuate. Nesting populations in the wild in Britain are pairs 500-1000.
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Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Animals and records
The hardest animal - the blue whale
A blue whale weighs an average of 150 tons, is the heaviest animal in the world. Nobody can compete with the cetaceans, known for its long body, fin, gray blue. May exceed 30 meters in length, it is also nowadays the largestanimal that has ever lived on Earth. Blue whale's heart weighs 700 kg and language is as heavy as a baby elephant. Because the 300 rows of bones, eat up to 4 tons of krill a day. No little baby whale is not inferior to his parents: measuring about 6.5 meters, and grows to about 3.6 kg per hour.
The blue whale
The largest bird - ostrich
With the 2,20 m tall and 120 kg ostrich is the largest and tallest bird on the planet. Instantly recognizable by plumage or black (male) or gray-brown (females), ostriches populate the arid plains of central and eastern Africa.But this bird is not resting on its laurels but its stature has records in other areas: it is equipped with the largest eyes of all land animals, is the largest eggs in the world and is the fastest biped, with a speed of 70 km / hour.Even if it is the fastest runner, is a bird that does not fly.
Ostrich
Fastest Birds - peregrine falcon
With a top speed of 180 km / hour, the peregrine falcon is the fastest flying bird with it in the world. Its long wings shaped top gives it exceptional speed and feature baffles his nostrils, which means that this bird of preydescending perfect breathing. Live in Europe, America and Africa, is a formidable bird of prey and they are particularly spectacular attacks. Being very quiet, they take prey by surprise.
Peregrine falcon
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Animals right from wrong
Pets show often a guilty expression when they did something stupid in the house and are certain of their master. Try to avoid them or go looking tail between your legs when you are certain that they did dirty or torn papers destroyed things and left the office. Just know they have done something really bad, or is it fear, that master yells at them?
behavior of Adelie penguins
In a BBC documentary, Frozen Planet (Planeta ice cream), penguins are Adelie movie you gather stones to build their nest. One of them, stealing many a stone neighbor's nest every time it starts to gather. Does penguin-hot knows that his actions "discrete" is incorrect?
These are episodes that have sparked interest ethology, researchers specializing in the study of animal behavior , because for years they have ruled out completely the possibility that animals have any moral sense, the chance for them to know the difference between right and wrong. Finally, things are starting to move in the opposite direction.
"People like to make a clear distinction between themselves and the animal in this regard"
Comment situation ethologist Marc Berkoff, professor emeritus of the University of Colorado.
"But now there is no doubt that the scientific evidence on the moral sense of the animals accumulate every day, as are efforts to study this issue,"
he says. Berkoff's specialty is ethology and evolutionary biology and co-founder (along with his colleague, Jane Goodall) the association Ethologists for the Ethical Treatment of Animals . His intensive research led him to the belief that morality is an evolutionary feature, not a set of people and that has evolved since the first mammals.
"It was observed in some species, that fact was not widely studied, but I think that moral sentiments are widespread among animals "
Berkoff said. Much of the area of study involved the behavior of wolves and coyotes, both species living in groups governed by strict rules. Berkoff observed in both cases the existence of acts of altruism, tolerance and forgiveness, reciprocity and fairness. He says that moral sentiments are evident in their way ofbehavior to each other. dogs dingo they learn the code of social behavior from an early age. They ask each other the hole using a "body language which includes" bow "let down the front paws, remaining with the rear raised. Though after that will growling," bow "is clearly evident.
During exercise such behavior kindly, leaves group leaders often the weak to play the winners, putting it back in the humble posture. If during their game group member is bitten by mistake, the culprit will again bow, to show that he played, it was not an attack. For misconduct, such as stealing food from each other, "thieves" are isolated in groups and must leave.
Berkoff notice that this kind of repudiation laws resemble the Wild West, when characters were unbearable for the inhabitants of a locality driven from city classic warning:
"Get on the first due diligence and get out of here by sundown."
It is an expression of the first animal moral rules applied in human society from its beginning. Experiments conducted at the University of Vienna led to the conclusion that human friends, dogs are bothered if they are mistreated by humans. Dogs included in the tests were glad to give paw in greeting, without caring whether they are rewarded or not, the same dogs were clearly annoyed when I saw that the other dogs are rewarded the same gesture. They knew that they had been mistreated. Berkoff and other researchers argue that the moral sense is present in most species, even in rats that abstaining from eating if they know it will cause pain in other rats.
source..roportal.ro
Piranha Fish
Piranha fish is known as the most feared fish stream. The teeth are so sharp that it can even cut steel cables.An animal the size of a pig you can eat in a few minutes. Attack fish whose length is 4 times the width. Upper jaw teeth are like those of the lower jaw are slightly smaller just so that they blend with the bottom. The teeth of the maxilla have 1-2cm lower. The lower jaw is pulled out, lift the lips revealing the teeth. It is an over picky in choosing prey, fishermen around it so that none of the 18 speciide piranha are not endangered.
Monday, July 29, 2013
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